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Re: [PATCH] Do not trust PWD blindly

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2011, 01:52 UTC
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>>>>> "Johannes" == Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

Johannes> You might be very surprised, but that is not true on the Linux system Johannes> where one of the 4msysgit.git test cases does _not_ break, while it does Johannes> on Windows.

If you ever depend on a userspace PWD to be your actual current directory without at least stat()ing it, you've failed.

In my experience, it is *never* reliable.  It's just a hint.
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